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I watched a senate hearing where Elon Musk squares off with the ULA. It's awesome. One great quote is where the ULA says Space X can't handle the missions. E
by andrewtbham 13y ago
I watched a senate hearing where Elon Musk squares off with the ULA. It's awesome. One great quote is where the ULA says Space X can't handle the missions. Elon responds. If our rockets are good enough for NASA, they are good enough for the Department of Defense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_azyt1JhI0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_azyt1JhI0
- ElComradio 13y agoI suspect if you asked a DoD gal if it was more critical that, say, a military commsat got to orbit than something that measures solar flares, she'd beg to differ with Elon.
- sitkack 13y agoYeah we all would expect them to say that. Everyone's baby is the cutest. Everyone's problems are the most important.
- m_mueller 13y agoThat was an interesting watch, even as a foreigner. The ULA representative did everything he could to defend their contract - a 'good' politicians as it seems. He responded pretty well to Feinstein's chart I have to say - a chart with cost per ton in orbit would have been much more informative and I couldn't deduct from her numbers whether that has actually gone up significantly. Musk's response to Shelby's remark on a partial SpaceX mission failure was very witty - "according to ULA's standard's this mission was perfect" - he seems to be very good at thinking on the foot.
- seanjensengrey 13y agoYeah, that chart is painful. Talking about absolute dollars with no basis is not productive.